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G. Tracy Mehan III

G. Tracy Mehan, III is the Executive Director of Government Affairs for the American Water Works Association. He is also an adjunct professor at George Mason University Antonin Scalia School of Law and Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College. He was Assistant Administrator for Water at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2001–2003. He was a consultantContinue reading “G. Tracy Mehan III”

Thomas Bray

Thomas J. Bray (brayt@comcast.net) is a columnist and editor for the Detroit News who writes frequently on environmental issues.

Steven F. Hayward

Hayward writes frequently on a wide range of current topics, including environmentalism, law, economics, and public policy for publications including National Review, Reason, Weekly Standard, American Spectator, Public Interest, the Claremont Review of Books, and Policy Review. His newspaper articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the San Francisco Chronicle,Continue reading “Steven F. Hayward”

Mark Sagoff

Mark Sagoff is Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and author of The Economy of the Earth, 2nd Edition (Cambridge University Press, 2008) and Price, Principle, and the Environment (Cambridge University Press, 2004). Dr. Sagoff is also a Senior Fellow at The BreakthroughContinue reading “Mark Sagoff”

Chip Mellor

William H. (Chip ) Mellor serves as President and General Counsel of the Institute for Justice, which he co-founded, and is a board member of PERC. Chip can be reached at WMellor@ij.org

Carol Ferrie

Carol Ferrie joined the PERC team in 2001 as a program coordinator, focusing on programs for environmental practitioners and entrepreneurs, but also pinch hitting for the expanding slate of educational and outreach programs. She also serves as managing editor of PERC publications, overseeing production of PERC Reports, Policy Series, and other printed projects. After graduatingContinue reading “Carol Ferrie”

Mandy-Scott Bachelier

Mandy-Scott Bachelier is a disciplined, creative, and high-energy graphic designer who is excited to be part of PERC. Since 2000, Mandy-Scott—the organization’s first art director—has collaborated on the expansion of high-quality print and electronic publications with fresh new design work that has echoed for years in a repeating string of books,  PERC’s magazine, a growingContinue reading “Mandy-Scott Bachelier”

Paul Schwennesen

Paul Schwennesen is a southern Arizona rancher, director of the Agrarian Freedom Project, and 2020 PERC Lone Mountain Fellow. Paul is also a Ph.D. candidate in 16th-century history at the University of Kansas, Lawrence. Paul studied history and science at the United States Air Force Academy where he graduated with distinction as the John R.Continue reading “Paul Schwennesen”

Sharie Rucker

Sharie joined PERC in the fall of 2006 and works in the front office. She was raised in Great Falls, Montana, and attended Montana State University in Bozeman, before marrying Randy Rucker, another native Montanan. Randy is a professor at Montana State University in the Department of Agriculture Economics and Economics.  They have three children.Continue reading “Sharie Rucker”